Women's Lacrosse Travels To Take On Harvard On Saturday

Mar 06, 2009

Game #2

Quinnipiac
University Bobcats (1-0) at

Harvard
University Crimson (1-1)

Saturday,
March 7, 2009  4:00 p.m.

Cumnock Turf
 Cambridge, Mass.

Saturday's
Game

The Quinnipiac
University women's lacrosse team travels to Harvard in its first
road game of the season on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The Bobcats are
coming off an 11-10 victory in their first game of the season
against UConn on Thursday afternoon in Hamden. Senior Nicole Fiore
(Monroe, Conn.) had six points in the win as she scored four goals
and assisted on two others. It was the second consecutive year that
Quinnipiac defeated its intra-state rivals from Storrs after going
winless in the first eight meetings between the teams.

Scouting
Harvard

The Crimson
began the season by defeating Holy Cross, 13-10, on Feb. 21.
Harvard then fell to UMass in their home opener, 13-12, a week
later. The team is led by sophomore Jess Halpern's nine goals and
Kaitlin Martin's 10 points this season. Halpern scored six of her
nine goals in the win against the Crusaders and followed that with
three more against the Minutemen. Freshman Kerry Clark has started
both games in goal for the Crimson this season, posting a
goals-against average of 12.00 and a save percentage of .375.
Harvard defeated the Bobcats last season, 13-10, in Hamden on Mar.
16.

Comeback
Cats

Quinnipiac
fell behind to the Huskies midway through the second half, 9-7.
After heading into halftime tied, 5-5, UConn came out and scored
four of first six goals in the second to take the two-goal lead. A
4-0 run sparked by Senior Tiffany Manzi (Feeding Hills, Mass.)
helped the Bobcats take the lead and hold on for the
win.

Welcome To The
Show

Two freshmen
members of the team added major contributions to the offensive play
of Quinnipiac in the season-opening win. Devon Gibney (Hopkinton,
Mass.) and Marissa Caroleo (North Babylon, N.Y.) each scored their
first-career goals in the game. Gibney scored the second goal of
the game and the Bobcats' 10th on a free-position shot midway
through the second half. Caroleo netted her goal 2:53 into the
second half. Both players scored their first goals on assists from
Katie Latonick (Severna Park, Md.).

Splitsville

Head Coach
Danie Caro split the goaltending duties in the win over UConn. Last
season's Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year junior
goalkeeper Hannah Nelson (Glastonbury, Conn.) turned away five
shots in the opening half before giving way to freshman Noelle
Martello (Westbury, N.Y.) in the second. Martello turned away four
shots in her 30 minutes of action, including two key saves in the
final minutes to preserve the victory.

Two Is Better
Than One

Five members
of the Bobcats recorded multiple points in the first game of the
season. Fiore led the way with six, while Latonick had one goal and
two assists for three points in the game. Manzi, Gibney and senior
Ashley Valentine (Friendship, Md.) all finished with two. Manzi had
a goal and an assist, while Gibney and Valentine each finished with
two goals each.

Draw
Figures

Sophomore
defender Kaitlyn Kelly (North Massapequa, N.Y.) matched her career
high of three draw controls in a game on Thursday. Manzi also
finished the game with three draw controls, matching Kelly's
game-high figure.

She Turned It
Over For A Reason

The Bobcats
caused 11 turnovers in the win. Valentine and senior defender Erin
Coffey (Huntington, N.Y.) each had three in the game for game
highs. Martello finished with two, including one as time expired to
prevent the Huskies from scoring the tying goal. UConn only forced
Quinnipiac into making eight turnovers.

That Explains
It

Quinnipiac
finished the game 4-of-7 on free-position shots in the game,
including 3-of-4 in the second half. The Huskies were 0-for-1 in
the game with their lone opportunity coming in the second half.
UConn committed 25 fouls in the game to the Bobcats' 11.